Other » Atlanta Braves rookie Ronald Acuna Jr. has struck again.

The 20-year-old Acuna has become the youngest player in major league history to homer in five straight games Reggie Sanders Jersey , doing it Tuesday night when he hit his third leadoff shot in a row. Then he added another in the seventh inning, a three-run shot for his 19th of the season.A day after hitting leadoff homers in both games of a doubleheader against Miami, Acuna connected. He opened the bottom of the first inning against the Marlins by homering on the first pitch for the second straight day. The Braves went on to win 10-6.Acuna is the first player to hit leadoff shots in three straight games since Baltimore’s Brady Anderson did it four in a row in 1996.Acuna has homered in seven of his last eight games, with eight long balls over that span. He tied the Atlanta record of five straight with a homer set by Brian McCann in 2006.The only other player younger than 21 to homer in four straight games was Miguel Cabrera for the Marlins in 2004.Acuna is hitting .352 with 11 homers since moving to the top of the batting over, a stretch of 24 games beginning right after the All-Star break. The outfielder went 5 for 8 with two homers, five RBIs Johnny Bench Jersey , five runs, two walks, a double and a stolen base in Atlanta’s doubleheader sweep of the Marlins.After Acuna circled the bases, Charlie Culberson homered on the second pitch from Miami’s Trevor Richards. Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell is facing a lengthy suspension that will carry into the 2019 season as a result of Major League Baseball's investigation into domestic abuse allegations.Yahoo Sports MLBshared the announcement from commissioner Robert Manfred that Russell "accepted a 40-game suspension without pay for violating Major League Baseball's Joint Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Policy."There will be no appeal, and the suspension dates back to Sept. 21.Russell last appeared in a game for the Cubs on Sept. 19 and wasn't included on the postseason roster for Tuesday's National League Wild Card Game amid the investigation. MLB placed him onadministrative leaveduring its investigation into the allegations from his ex-wife http://www.redsfanproshop.com/authentic-joe-morgan-jersey , Melisa Reidy-Russell.Reidy-Russell detailed the extent of Russell's physical, emotional and verbal abuse in aposton her personalblogon Sept. 19. She also described a pattern of infidelity by Russell.The shortstop denied the allegations through theMLB Players Association, saying, in part, "These allegations are completely false. I made that clear to Major League Baseball last year and reiterated it to the Cubs."Jesse Rogersof ESPN.com noted Reidy-Russell alleged infidelity on an Instagram post last year, and one of her friends then alleged physical abuse in the comments. The league opened the investigation Dave Concepcion Jersey , but Reidy-Russell told Rogers she wasn't ready to speak to investigators at the time."Last year, when MLB contacted me, I wasn't ready," she said. "I didn't know what was the right thing to do. I didn't even believe in myself enough to think I should do that [cooperate]. I just left my husband and all this blew up."She then explained why she spoke out about the alleged abuse and cooperated with league investigators this year."It wasn't sitting right with me," Reidy-Russell said. "I took it upon myself to do what I needed to do regardless what could happen financially. I know that I'm going to be OK. ... I shouldn't have to feel like I can't speak out to help someone else in order to protect someone that hurt me."The Cubs' 2019 regular season schedule starts on March 28.